Comments on: Why Chrome OS Will Succeed (in a limited market)

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:24:06 +0000

I think they need to merge Android with Chrome for their new OS.

My question is: would an ‘out of browser’ Silverlight app work? I saw the demo of playing a Flash chess game.

Just Chrome… dunno, sorta not enough… Android + Chrome == interesting!

By: Ryan Svihla

Ryan Svihla — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:54:06 +0000

@Paco except it’ll probably be really good at browsing (chrome on linux a lone gets me happy). Netbook as a secure web appliance has the potential for fulfilling a nitch otherwise unfilled..

By: Paco

Paco — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:20:16 +0000

I browsed to the source code and I was a disappointed.
1. It’s not an OS, not even a “paired down version of linux” just some UI gadgets build on top of GTK.
2. No Go programming language, most of the things are written in C++ (not just the low-level stuff).

For most netbook users, I don’t think this “OS” adds a lot above most default linux distributions, they will use the browser 99% of the time anyway.

By: Darage

Darage — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:41:24 +0000

@Steve .. they should call you Steve no brainer.. no brainer eh:)

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:54:34 +0000

Ouch, and it even made me use the term “no brainer” twice!

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:51:51 +0000

Definitely agree, a $200 browsing laptop that let me do everything web related is a no brainer. It’d be lightning fast, as long as a virus checker worked on, it’d be a no brainer for my kitchen.

By: Tony Dunsworth

Tony Dunsworth — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:35:01 +0000

I think you’ve hit the point right on the head. Like you, if I were to invest in a netbook, this would be exactly the reason for it. I would rather use a Chrome OS which works and lets me into my functions than to worry about all the other extraneous.

If you are like me, you already have many attachments to Google services and a one touch stop to reach it is rather nice.